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Finishes off low rise accommodation for Indian primate (5)

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I believe the answer is:

loris

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'indian primate' is the definition.
'loris' can be an answer for 'primate' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'indian' bit.

'finishes off low rise accommodation for' is the wordplay.
'finishes off' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'finish off' mean this).
'rise' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'accommodation for' becomes 'sir' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sir' in reverse letter order is 'ris'.
'low' with its last letter taken off is 'lo'.
'lo'+'ris'='LORIS'

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(Other definitions for loris that I've seen before include "Small nocturnal primate" , "Nocturnal primate of Southeast Asia (usually slender or slow)" , "Slow-moving nocturnal primate" , "lemur" , "Short-tailed mammal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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